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Sorry everyone, but I probably won’t be watching many audition episodes, if any. Be on the lookout for upcoming posts, though!

I’m sure you have all heard that Simon is leaving the show after this season. Who knows if Idol will continue or not, or if he’s really leaving. Fox has to attempt to get us to believe Idol will last longer than this season so we — and the highly-paid judges! — don’t just check out for the season. They have to keep us on our toes!

If Idol goes and X-Factor comes to be in the US, I may watch it. Not sure yet. Idol is something I love to hate, and, more fervently, hate to love. We shall se what happens if/when it is gone.

I hope you’re enjoying Idol so far! If you have anything of note to post — good auditions I should watch out for, bad auditions I should also watch out for, judge pimping, backstory hogging, etc. — comment here!

I kinda disappeared off the face of the earth during last year’s finale. That’s because I was in the midst of… oh, falling in love. SO SUE ME. 🙂

But, I’m back on the Idol bandwagon for this coming season. Now, I don’t normally watch much of the audition episodes. I think they’re pretty annoying, and I hate the severe exploitation at play during them. Not that the whole show isn’t exploitative… the audition episodes are just bluntly so and solely for entertainment, whereas the rest of the episodes at least can make somewhat believable the ruse that it’s all about helping young talent (and not just about making money and ratings). Somewhat believable, I said.

I also may be missing the auditions, and maybe a little of Hollywood time, due to rehearsals for a play I may be in at grad school. That said…

If you wish, you may follow this blog through the entirety of the Idol season. I promise you cynical, yet hopeful recaps; sometimes funny, sometimes lame commentary; and all the gossip. And come on, we know it’s true — this year there will again be a contestant whom I loathe and will bash on every week (sorry, KLC; sorry, Gokey). So at least you can tune in for the humor(?) of that.